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Table 1.46: Percent of adults age 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control^a, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2000

	1999-2000		1998-1994
Population Group	Percent	Standard Error	Percent	Standard Error
Total	26.8	2.8	23.1	1.4
Age (not age adjusted)
18-44	26.4	4.4	19.5	2.5
45-64	39.6	2.7	32.5	1.5
65 and over	24.2	2.4	23.9	1.3
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Black or African American	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
White	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity
Hispanic^b	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mexican American	*15.1	3.8	15.4	1.9
Non-Hispanic^b	27.4	3.0	23.2	1.4
Black or African American	21.6	3.3	22.2	1.5
White	30.0	3.3	23.8	1.8
Gender
Male	27.7	3.1	17.0	1.6
Female	26.7	4.2	32.0	2.5
Family income
< 200% of poverty level	DSU	DSU	24.4	1.9
> 200% of poverty level	DSU	DSU	22.3	1.8
Unknown	DSU	DSU	23.0	3.9
Education (age 25 and over)
Less than high school	21.7	3.0	26.4	2.3
High school graduate	29.1	4.3	27.4	2.2
At least some college	34.6	4.5	21.4	1.8

^a Percents are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using 3 age groups: 18-39, 40-59, 60+ for Total, race, ethnicity, gender, family income and 25-39, 40-59, 60+ for education.

^b Includes all races.

* Relative standard error of 20-30 percent.

Blood pressure under control is defined as average systolic blood pressure less than 140 mmHg and average diastolic blood pressure less than 90 mmHg and taking antihypertension medication.

Hypertension is defined as either having elevated blood pressure (average systolic pressure of at least 140 mmHg or average diastolic pressure of at least 90 mmHg) or taking antihypertension medication.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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Table 1.46: Percent of adults age 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under controla, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2000

Table 1.46: Percent of adults age 18 and over with hypertension whose blood pressure is under control^a, United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2000